Richard Armour Professions : Poet Born : July 15, 1906 Died : February 28, 1989 Browse All Authors Top 47 quotes by Richard Armour How I love to get a letter! I can think of nothing better Than perusing an epistolary item. But deep is my despondence, For I've found that correspondence Means that if you want to get 'em, You must write 'em! Richard Armour writing mean thinking It is all right to hold a conversation but you should let go of it now and then. Richard Armour now-and-then letting-go inspirational Rather than earn money, it was Thoreau's idea to reduce his wants so that he would not need to buy anything. As he went around preaching this ingenious idea, the shopkeepers of Concord hoped he would drop dead. Richard Armour money ideas needs Each year it grows harder to make ends meet - the ends I refer to are hands and feet. Richard Armour feet hands years If we cannot define stupidity, at least we can trace most human misfortunes and weaknesses to it. Its manifestations are legion, its symptoms are endless. Richard Armour endless weakness stupidity Some golfers blast their ball from traps, With one adroit explosion, But others, out in ten perhaps, Depend upon erosion. Richard Armour erosion balls golf "Do you want my honest opinion?" People ask. I say, "Yes," for I'm curious. So they give me their honest opinion, And I - well, I'm always furious. Richard Armour honesty giving people Adolescence isn't a period; it's a coma. Richard Armour coma adolescence periods Middle age is the time of life that a man first notices in his wife. Richard Armour wife men life There is no balm of Gilead, No salve, no soothing ointment To stay the pain of one who's had In love a disappointment-- Unless it be that healing lotion Of fixing on a new devotion. Richard Armour pain disappointment love If I ever make a hole in one, A thrill that I've never known, I won't be believed and I'll have no fun, For I'm sure to be playing alone. Richard Armour thrill golf fun The hand is quicker than the eye is, Richard Armour eye hands They head the list of bad to bet on: But I insist they're worse to get on Richard Armour betting gambling lists Retired is being tired twice, I've thought, first tired of working, then tired of not. Richard Armour tired teacher retirement G is for Green, that's constructed to roll in every direction away from the hole. Richard Armour holes green golf [Beowolf] is considered an epic because of its long speeches, its digressions, its repetition, and its being required. Richard Armour epic long art (Francis) Bacon's best known writings are his essays. They are loved for many reasons, such as their being so short. Richard Armour entertainment writing art [John Foster Dulles] invented Brinkmanship, the most popular game since Monopoly. Richard Armour monopoly games I've suffered from all of the hang-ups known, and none is as bad as the telephone. Richard Armour armour telephones known Shakespeare, who never could think up a plot by himself, found this one [Macbeth] in Holinshed's Chronicles, changing it just enough so that no one would recognize the source. He didn't count on the resourcefulness of modern scholars, who have to discover things like this to become associate professors. Richard Armour plot history thinking Similar Authors Abdellatif Laabi poet Ihara Saikaku poet Abram Joseph Ryan poet Ingeborg Bachmann poet Izumi Shikibu poet Bion of Smyrna poet All Authors